His dedication and promising potential have now landed him a recognized position at the scholastic level.

On Thursday, Williamsport (Md.) High School announced that Brian Carroll, a 2001 graduate of Waynesboro, will be the new head coach for the junior varsity boys' basketball team along with serving as Williamsport's assistant varsity coach.

After spending the last few seasons working with his hometown Indians as an assistant on Tom Hoffman's staff, Carroll pursued the opportunity at Williamsport while still acknowledging where it really all started.

"Words cannot express my love for Waynesboro Indian Basketball. Thank you to everyone from that program," Carroll posted on his Twitter account yesterday.

Fortunately, I've gotten to know Carroll outside of the coaching realm, to where I confidently consider him a friend.

The guy genuinely eats, breathes and sleeps basketball.

From countless trips to his alma mater at Mount St. Mary's to watch his beloved Mountaineers or simply traveling to Hershey, Harrisburg or Lancaster just to catch a top-tier varsity game, Carroll is always around the hardwood.

He was also heavily involved with the YMCA's two recreational leagues, acting as somewhat of an administrator/coach for City League and Evening Court.

When Waynesboro had a night off during the winter, Carroll was scouting the competition. Not necessarily because he was told to, just because he wanted to.

When I'd be covering a game he had interest in, Carroll would be texting me to find out a score. Well, that was before I became Twitter literate, which now serves as an active scoreboard. Feel free to follow along at bdestefan_RH.

See what I did there?

Anyway, back to the guy known commonly around these parts as BC, not Brian. He's already built relationships with several Wildcat players through summer leagues, with that familiarity likely to ease the transition.

All things considered, it appears to be a win-win situation.

Williamsport lands a coach that will undoubtedly benefit the program while Carroll gets the opportunity to officially make his mark as an appointed leader.

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Turning to the diamond, the Greencastle Senior League team lost its opening round game of the Section 7 tournament on Thursday, being shut out against KAU, 10-0.

The Philadelphia-area squad held Greencastle's 15-16 year olds to only three hits, including base knocks from Bailey Parker, Kurtis Kline and Zach Koons.

Greencastle, who won the District 14 championship last week, will now face Warwick in an elimination game this evening at 5:30 p.m. in Newville.